Light, Cameras, Murder: The Ugly Truth About Violent Movies It’s time for us to make a confess. Most of us have watched a violent movie at some point in our life. This generation of youth has bought, or watched some movie with shooting, murder, and violence. The graphic movie scenes of people’s pain and agony stay in our mind for a long while; we probably still hold the chilling images in our heads after just a few years. In reality, the gory movies we watch affect some of the minds of individuals who have a psychotic past, come from an abusive life, and who have had close-relative death.
Close your eyes and think of a time where something drastic happened to you. How did you feel toward this matter? What was your reaction about the people …show more content…
If your mind felt like it was entrapped and you had no way out, let’s examine the possible reason you felt like this.
When you spend your time focused in on one single thing, and nothing else, your mind will feel like it’s going crazy. When people let their mind focus in while watching violent movies, it causes their brain to not be able to distinguish between fantasy, and real-life situations. This is the same problem for children. During this process, it triggers parts of the brain that hold long-term memories with individuals who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. It triggers the troubling memories held in their mind, because the violent images stimulate parts of the brain. That part of the brain is designed to respond to threats. In Wronge S. Yomi’s article “New Report Fuels TV-VIOLENCE DEBATE” he uses direct quote from John P. Murray. This study was done by child psychologist John P. Murray, who first …show more content…
They were 18 years old when they went on a killing spree in the south. Darras shot and killed businessman William Savage in Mississippi, and Edmondson wounded store clerk Patsy Byers from Louisiana. Byers was paralysed and died of cancer in November 1997. Doctors say her death was unrelated to the shooting. The fact she couldn’t feel anything, delayed her cancer diagnosis. Edmondson testified her and Darras took LSD, and watched “Natural Born Killers” before going on the killing spree. Patsy Byers sued Edmondson, Darras, and the makers of the movie, Oliver Stone, and Time Warner. A judge dismissed the case on the grounds that there was no evidence to blame the movie. (Sarah Edmondson to serve parole in Oklahoma, NEWS OK). John Grisham was personal friends with William Savage who was shot by Darras. He believes that the movie “Natural Born Killers” was to blame for the killing spree. He says in his article, “Unnatural Killers”, “Troubled as they were, Ben and Sarah had no history of violence. Their crime spree was totally out of character. They were confused, disturbed, shiftless, and mindless. That was until they saw a movie. A horrific movie that glamorized casual mayhem and bloodlust. A movie made with the intent of glorifying random murder.” Oliver Stone and Joel Black are bashing Grisham over his article. Joel Black says in his article “Grisham’s Demons”, “Apparently it 's O.K. if his own dramatic
Close your eyes and think of a time where something drastic happened to you. How did you feel toward this matter? What was your reaction about the people …show more content…
If your mind felt like it was entrapped and you had no way out, let’s examine the possible reason you felt like this.
When you spend your time focused in on one single thing, and nothing else, your mind will feel like it’s going crazy. When people let their mind focus in while watching violent movies, it causes their brain to not be able to distinguish between fantasy, and real-life situations. This is the same problem for children. During this process, it triggers parts of the brain that hold long-term memories with individuals who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. It triggers the troubling memories held in their mind, because the violent images stimulate parts of the brain. That part of the brain is designed to respond to threats. In Wronge S. Yomi’s article “New Report Fuels TV-VIOLENCE DEBATE” he uses direct quote from John P. Murray. This study was done by child psychologist John P. Murray, who first …show more content…
They were 18 years old when they went on a killing spree in the south. Darras shot and killed businessman William Savage in Mississippi, and Edmondson wounded store clerk Patsy Byers from Louisiana. Byers was paralysed and died of cancer in November 1997. Doctors say her death was unrelated to the shooting. The fact she couldn’t feel anything, delayed her cancer diagnosis. Edmondson testified her and Darras took LSD, and watched “Natural Born Killers” before going on the killing spree. Patsy Byers sued Edmondson, Darras, and the makers of the movie, Oliver Stone, and Time Warner. A judge dismissed the case on the grounds that there was no evidence to blame the movie. (Sarah Edmondson to serve parole in Oklahoma, NEWS OK). John Grisham was personal friends with William Savage who was shot by Darras. He believes that the movie “Natural Born Killers” was to blame for the killing spree. He says in his article, “Unnatural Killers”, “Troubled as they were, Ben and Sarah had no history of violence. Their crime spree was totally out of character. They were confused, disturbed, shiftless, and mindless. That was until they saw a movie. A horrific movie that glamorized casual mayhem and bloodlust. A movie made with the intent of glorifying random murder.” Oliver Stone and Joel Black are bashing Grisham over his article. Joel Black says in his article “Grisham’s Demons”, “Apparently it 's O.K. if his own dramatic